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At least 19 dead in Somalia Shebab restaurant attack Mogadishu (AFP) - Somalia's Islamist Shebab militants killed at least 19 people when five gunmen detonated a bomb before storming a popular seaside restaurant in the capital Mogadishu, police said on Friday. "They killed nearly 20 people, including women and children," Somali police officer Mohamed Abdirahman said, describing it as a "barbaric...

HH Sheikha Moza: Arabs Failed to Adapt Technology in Linguistic Upbringing Doha, January 20 (QNA) - Qatar Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development (QF) Chairperson HH Sheikha Moza bint Nasser stressed that the Arab world did not benefit from the extraordinary scientific advances, particularly in the fields of education, information, communications and media in the development of language education...

Militants attack near Libya’s Ras Lanuf oil terminal Suspected ISIS militants attacked oil installations close to Libya’s Ras Lanuf terminal on Thursday, an engineer at the port and an energy official allied with the country’s eastern government said, and the group threatened more attacks. The officials said at least two storage tanks from the Harouge Oil Operations company had been set...

Satellite pictures suggest oldest Christian monastery in Iraq razed to ground (CNN) - A 1,400 year-old Christian monastery -- the oldest in Iraq - was "razed to the ground" just months after ISIS took over the Iraqi city of Mosul, satellite pictures show. The Saint Elijah monastery -- also known as Dair Mar Elia -- was located on the outskirts of...

This Simple Strategy Doubles Your Chances of Success Do you have ambitious goals you're hoping to reach? You've written them down, made a commitment to them, and you take time every day to visualize yourself reaching your objective. These are all excellent tools to help you get from where you are now to where you want to be. But there's...

Regulator: 1,135 complaints lodged against Ooredoo, Vodafone in 2015 More than three residents a day on average filed a formal complaint against Ooredoo or Vodafone with Qatar’s telecom regulatory last year, newly released figures show. The Communications Regulatory Authority (CRA) said in a statement yesterday that it received 1,135 complaints in 2015. Billing, network coverage, delays in installations and service disconnections were...

Facebook Launches Initiative to Stop Extremist Posts in Europe "Facebook is not a place for the dissemination of hate speech" Facebook has launched a European campaign to combat extremism and hate speech on the Internet, executives announced on Monday. The social-networking giant started its “Initiative for Civil Courage Online” in Berlin, pledging over $1 million in marketing funding to put a stop...

Islamic State frees 270 of 400 people kidnapped from Syria's Deir al-Zor Islamic State on Tuesday released 270 of an estimated 400 civilians, most of them women and children, kidnapped at the weekend when its fighters attacked Syrian government-held areas in the eastern city of Deir al-Zor, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also said, however, that...

Suicide bombing in Afghan capital kills four people A suicide bomber killed four people in the evening rush hour on Wednesday in a district of the Afghan capital near the national parliament, government ministries and the Russian embassy, a health ministry spokesman said.It was the latest in a series of suicide attacks in Kabul that have coincided with renewed efforts...

At least 19 killed in attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, Pakistan Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) - Militants raided a university in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, timing their attack to a ceremony at the school to ensure maximum casualties. After security forces combed the campus block by block after the massacre, Mehmood Khan, provincial home minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said 19...

Sponsors can replace existing visit visa with work visa online If you're visiting Qatar but plan on working here, Qatari sponsors can replace an existing used visit visa with a new valid work visa for the same person. Here's what you will need to do:  Log in the online website of the Ministry of Interior.  Select " Extend Visa " service.  Enter the current...

Unbeaten Qatar storm into quarter finals with slick win DOHA: Qatar’s in-form strikers scored once again on Monday as the home team crushed Syria 4-2 to reach the AFC U-23 Championship quarter finals with a perfect group stage record. The home side overcame a stutter in the first four minutes when they conceded a goal but Qatar boys – coached Felix...

HH the Emir Meets Russian President Moscow, January 18 (QNA) - HH the Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani on Monday met at the Kremlin Palace in Moscow with President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin. At the outset of the meeting, the Russian president welcomed HH the Emir and expressed his ambition to exert more efforts to enhance bilateral ties...

Isis in Iraq: UN report details 'staggering' violence, war crimes and 'possible genocide' in Iraq A wide-reaching report finds at least 18,800 civilians have been killed in Iraq since 2014, while Isis is now understood to hold 3,500 people in slavery The Isis jihadist group is holding as many as 3,500 people as slaves in its territories in Iraq alone, the...